Where has December gone???  The last week before Christmas break is always an exciting one with lots of learning disguised as Christmas fun ;)

I am so proud of the wonderful singing that I heard at the Christmas concert!  Thank you to all of the family members who were able to join us last Wednesday.  I hope to see lots of families at our inaugural caroling event tomorrow night.

I posted a few pictures to Twitter last week and there will be more to come this week.  You can follow myself @Mrs_MandyDavis or the school @AveMcadam.

Happy birthday on Tuesday to Pippa!

I want to wish all of my grade 2 families a Christmas that is filled with special memories and family time.  Thank you for all of the ways you have supported myself and your child in 2018.  I can’t wait to see what the rest of the school year has in store!

Literacy:   Remember to continue reading and writing over the Christmas break.

Our read alouds this week will focus on the true spirit of Christmas: sharing kindness with others.  There is much more to the holiday season than getting presents and we are going to make that a priority this week.  I have a feeling Twinkle will be helping us out with this!

We have finished reading A Ghost at Christmas Time and will be watching Mickey’s Christmas Carol later this week as a connection activity.  I have noticed an increased interest in our collection of Magic Treehouse books since we began our novel!

Math:  This week our numbers will be 69-73.  You can ask your child to show you a representation that we came up with in class or you can have them create their own representation.  You can also practice skip counting to that number. 

We are continuing to work on doubles and doubles plus one facts and on representing numbers to 50 in several different ways.  We are also learning about equality and inequality and how to represent equal and not equal groups.  Students are enjoying using popsicle sticks to make tally marks and playing lots of Christmas themed games to practice doubles, adding and subtracting.  Using some of the down time over the holidays to play board/card games is a great way to practice math skills.

Dates to Remember

Monday, December 10: Papa John’s

Tuesday, December 11: Caroling at 6:00, cookies and hot chocolate to follow back at the school

Wednesday, December 12: Shopping spree

Thursday, December 13: Christmas clothing day: wear your holiday sweaters and accessories

                                        Cupcake decorating with our grade 5 learning buddies.  If you would like to send in some candy that we can use for decorating (skittles, smarties, gummy candies, sprinkles, etc), plates or plastic knives it would be greatly appreciated.                   Great Canadian Bagel

Friday, December 14: PJ day!  Wear a fresh pair of jammies and we’ll start the day with a pancake breakfast.  Students will participate in a variety of Christmas activities during the morning.

Have a great week, a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!​